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Scientists propose way to turn light to matter
Scientists believe light transformed to matter shortly after the Big Bang. Two UK physicists say they now know how to change light to matter here on Earth.
May 19, 2014
Milky Way over Kansas grain elevators
The Milky Way shines above the CO-OP grain elevators in Burdett, Kansas (population ~245)
May 18, 2014
How octopuses don’t tie themselves into knots
You'd think their arms would get all tangled up. There are eight, after all ...
May 16, 2014
This is your brain on meditation
The brain processes more thoughts, feelings during meditation than when you are just relaxing, study shows.
May 16, 2014
Split brains reconnect via alternate routes
Scientists uncover how patients born without a corpus callosum can still communicate information between right and left brain.
May 16, 2014
View from space: San Diego County wildfires
A satellite view of the nine fires still blazing in San Diego County California.
May 16, 2014
Fires burning out of control in Southern California
Fires are burning out of control across parts of Southern California. Dry, windy, and hot weather conditions are slowing down the efforts to put out the fires.
May 15, 2014
Dangerous storms peaking further north, south than in the past, says new study
Powerful, destructive hurricanes and typhoons are now reaching their peak intensity farther from the equator and closer to the poles, according to a new analysis.
May 15, 2014
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is smaller than ever before seen
Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot — a swirling anticyclonic storm feature larger than Earth — has shrunken to the smallest size ever measured.
May 15, 2014
Rosetta’s target comet is getting active
The target of ESA’s Rosetta mission has started to reveal its true personality as a comet, its dusty veil clearly developing over the last six weeks.
May 15, 2014
